Satori Art Cup U10 - 20th ed.
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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Slobozia, Romania. Top 10 Elo average was 1607, and top seed was Razvan-Mihai Rosu (🇷🇴 ROU, 1765).
Darius-Ioan Nae (🇷🇴 ROU, 1574) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Tudor-Iulian Chelu (4.5) and Razvan-Mihai Rosu (4.5). Nae shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
Location
🇷🇴Slobozia, Romania
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇷🇴Romania×22
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 3 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Co-leaders
7
2
1
2
2
3
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
3 players finish on 4.5/6. Nae takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.5).
R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Darius-Ioan Nae drew with Tudor-Iulian Chelu (White).
R2–R4 · WIN STREAK
Tudor-Iulian Chelu won 3 in a row (R2–R4).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darius-Ioan Nae | * | ½ | — | 1 |
| 2Tudor-Iulian Chelu | ½ | * | — | ½ |
| 3Razvan-Mihai Rosu | — | — | * | 0 |
| 4Aaron-Mathias Dragoi | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nae, Darius-Ioan | 1574 | ROU | +16N | =6B | +19B | +4N | =2B | =5N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | 15.25 | 1777 | +63.6 |
| 2 | Chelu, Tudor-Iulian | 1675 | ROU | =11N | +12B | +15N | +6B | =1N | =4B | 4.5 | 18.5 | 21.5 | 15.75 | 1741 | +15.2 |
| 3 | Rosu, Razvan-Mihai | 1765 | ROU | +13B | +8N | −4B | =11N | +9B | +15N | 4.5 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 14.50 | 1721 | -9.6 |
| 4 | Dragoi, Aaron-Mathias | 1671 | ROU | +17B | +9N | +3N | −1B | =5B | =2N | 4.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 15.25 | 1726 | +18.0 |
| 5 | Calotescu, David-Andrei | 1653 | ROU | =7N | +23B | =11N | +12B | =4N | =1B | 4.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 11.50 | 1618 | -6.3 |
| 6 | Costache, Alexandru | 1556 | ROU | +21B | =1N | +20B | −2N | +11B | =9N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.50 | 1560 | -1.6 |
| 7 | Romanescu, Horia | 1445 | ROU | =5B | =19N | +8B | −9N | +17B | =10N | 3.5 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 1571 | +40.0 |
| 8 | Tudorache, David-Andrei | 1531 | ROU | +18N | −3B | −7N | +23B | +14N | =12B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 8.50 | 1499 | -13.6 |
| 9 | Petrov, Alexandru | 1498 | ROU | +24N | −4B | +22N | +7B | −3N | =6B | 3.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.50 | 1527 | +4.0 |
| 10 | Zotic, Teodor-Andrei | 1426 | ROU | =14N | −11B | =18N | +24B | +23N | =7B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.75 | 1387 | -4.4 |
| 11 | Ivascu, Vladimir | 1469 | ROU | =2B | +10N | =5B | =3B | −6N | =16N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 23.5 | 11.50 | 1582 | +26.4 |
| 12 | Panait, David-Nicolas | 1521 | ROU | +22B | −2N | +17B | −5N | =19B | =8N | 3.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 6.75 | 1497 | -11.2 |
| 13 | Vank, Tudor-Stefan | 1485 | ROU | −3N | =18B | +16N | =14B | −15N | +20B | 3.0 | 16.5 | 18.0 | 7.50 | 1467 | -12.4 |
| 14 | Sirbu, Vlad-Gabriel | 1588 | ROU | =10B | −20N | +21B | =13N | −8B | +19N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 6.25 | 1501 | -19.6 |
| 15 | Iorgu, Teodor-Razvan | 1465 | ROU | F | +25N | −2B | +20N | +13B | −3B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1526 | +10.4 |
| 16 | Zegrea, Ana | 0 | ROU | −1B | =21N | −13B | +25N | +22N | =11B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1254 | -22.0 |
| 17 | Matala, Sophia-Lenina | 1449 | ROU | −4N | +24B | −12N | +22B | −7N | +21B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 753 | -42.8 |
| 18 | Marinescu, Antonie | 0 | ROU | −8B | =13N | =10B | −19N | +24N | +25B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 3.25 | 1308 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Oprisan, Ilinca-Natalia | 1540 | ROU | F | =7B | −1N | +18B | =12N | −14B | 2.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.25 | 1345 | -36.4 |
| 20 | Popov, Matei | 0 | ROU | F | +14B | −6N | −15B | =21N | −13N | 1.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.50 | 1335 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Birsan, Nicolae-Cristian | 0 | ROU | −6N | =16B | −14N | F | =20B | −17N | 1.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 2.25 | 1182 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 42264308 | 0 | — | −12N | F | −9B | −17N | −16B | +24N | 1.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 0.00 | 673 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Anghel, Andrei C. | 1404 | ROU | F | −5N | +25B | −8N | −10B | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 0.00 | 741 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 42262593 | 0 | — | −9B | −17N | F | −10N | −18B | −22B | 0.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 0.00 | 652 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 42264324 | 0 | — | F | −15B | −23N | −16B | F | −18N | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 629 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nae, Darius-IoanROU+63.64.5 pts · #1
- 2Romanescu, HoriaROU+40.03.5 pts · #5
- 3Ivascu, VladimirROU+26.43.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Matala, Sophia-LeninaROU-42.83.0 pts · #24
- 2Oprisan, Ilinca-NataliaROU-36.42.0 pts · #16
- 3Zegrea, AnaROU-22.03.0 pts · #19